Tag: human rights
An Offensive Sight.
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Sat Oct 04, 2008 at 03:34:39 AM EST (promoted by wetkarma). RSS.
A little over two decades ago Rose Harn's normal life ended. That's when a drunken teenager plowed into her car causing debilitating and irreversible injury to the 58-year-old mother of three from Nampa, Idaho. Since that time, her husband Michael has transported his bed-bound wife to events where Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) set up booths. Their trips came to a halt in August when the pair was asked to leave the fair they had appeared as volunteers at the MADD booth.
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It's Not Illegal To Be An Asshole ... Yet.
MayorBob.
Posted to Legal on Wed Jul 30, 2008 at 08:42:49 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Guy Earle claims to be an edgy stand up comic and one who will fight back if heckled. So, last year when he was heckled during a performance, he responded in kind. Used a bit of abusive language, he did. Made disparaging remarks about the sexual orientation of the hecklers, he did. He says it's allowed as he's a bit of an asshole and it's part of his act. Apparently, not everyone agrees because he's facing a hearing in front of a provincial Human Rights Tribunal. He sees it as an attack on his free speech rights while the government likes to think of it as more like prosecuting hate speech.
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Does The Method Make Executions More Palatable?
pO157.
Posted to Legal on Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 08:27:11 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
In a recent statement to China Daily, the Vice President of China's Supreme People's Court announced that in order to make the execution more humane and efficient lethal injection will replace gunshots as the preferred method of capital punishment in the world's most populous country.
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Outsourced Products = Home Grown Lawsuits
pO157.
Posted to Business on Thu Jul 05, 2007 at 04:02:08 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Mega corporations love subcontracting out to China, despite the allegations of human rights violations, corruption, repressive government, massive death from environmental shenanigans. However, there is danger of a new kind of blowback from subcontracting... product liability lawsuits.
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District Of Columbia About To Offer Equal Opportunity Protection To Criminals
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Mon Jan 08, 2007 at 07:11:30 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
If you manage a bank, you'd probably be interested to know if the applicant for the teller's position ever served time for bank robbery. If you're a home owner with small kids looking to rent out a room, you'd likely want to know if the person with the security deposit was a sex offender. In most places in the US, you would have the right to do a background check to find that sort of information out and move on to the next applicant. You'd at least be able to ask the question. But, in the nation's capital, doing any of the above might become a crime.
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